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The Weeknd Says, "I'm Working On A New Album Right Now"

NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 29: Singer The Weeknd performs onstage during the 2018 Global Citizen Concert at Central Park, Great Lawn on September 29, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Michael Kovac/FilmMagic)

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The moment we’ve all been waiting for! The Weeknd officially announced that he’s currently working on a new album!

A post shared by The Weeknd (@theweeknd) on Nov 7, 2018 at 10:14am PST

Earlier this week, The Weeknd took part in launching Hxouse, which is a Toronto-based, non-profited creative incubator that was founded by XO creative director La Mar Taylor. Back in July, La Mar told Forbes, “This was always in the making based off my experiences with all of the things that Abel and myself had to overcome, whether it was finding a recording studio, finding other creatives to collaborate with and finding places to facilitate those ideas.”

It was at Hxouse Live that The Weeknd announced his new album, “Being in Toronto these past two days, I haven’t been this inspired in years. I want you guys to be the first to know that I’m working on my new album right now. Chapter 6 coming soon.”

Back in March of this year, The Weeknd dropped the My Dear Melancholy EP. It was a six-track EP, influenced by a broken heart and his split from Selena Gomez. In his cover story for Time, The Weeknd explained his latest album took a different turn when he and called it quits, “Prior to Melancholy, I had a whole album written, done. [It] wasn’t melancholy at all because it was a different time in my life. … It was very upbeat — it was beautiful. I don’t want to perform something that I don’t feel.” In the same interview, The Weeknd explained that fans will never hear that ‘upbeat, beautiful’ album.